Hand washer appliance for textiles



April 22, 1958 G. P. KARLE HAND WASHER APPLIANCE FOR TEXTILES Fiied Feb. 28, 1955 ATTORNEY United States Patent HAND WASHER APPLIANCE FOR TEXTILES George P. Karle, Oil City, Pa. Application February 28, 1955, Serial No. 490,811 1 Claim. (Cl. 68-213) The present invention related to an appliance for washmg such small textile articles as hosiery, one form of the invention being increased in size for receiving lingerie,

blouses and other small items of wearing apparel and i textile materials. The characteristic of the present invention is the provision of a shaker and washer appliance into which may be placed water and soap and the items to be washed. When a cover is applied and the appliance is hand-shaken, an excellent washing eifect is secured through the movement of the textiles against the rubbing surface of the wall of the shaker-washer, and in some models of the washer, at the surface of a centrally disposed rub element.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly broken away, showing a form of the device;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary horizontal section generally on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, I have therein shown a canister 6 formed with a plurality of corrugations 1x, the canister having at the top an annular wall of suflicient depth to receive the skirt 7x of a cover 7, the contacting surface of the cover skirt and wall providing a liquid seal.

The bottom wall of the canister has an annular raised portion 9, apertured to receive a screw 8x. This screw holds in position a rub-post 8 formed with a ribbed element.

customarily employed in such small washing operations.

When the cover is removed, water and soap, or soapy water, may be placed within the canister together with the fabric items to be washed. When the cover is placed in position, the device may be shaken to cause the soapy water to penetrate back and forth through the fabric whilst the fabric is being moved toward and fro within the canister by the propelling force of the liquid. This movement of the fabric causes its surfaces to be rubbed on the corrugations 6xx and the rubbing post until the fabric is thoroughly cleansed.

The canister body 6 is corrugated at 6xx on an incline (which incline is reversed to that of the inclined ribs 20 shown in Fig. l of the rubbing post 8). The bottom wall may be reinforced by an annular rib 10. The presence of the ribs 6xx and 20 permit the washing of a greater proportion of fabrics and when the cover is closed and the canister shaken, the soapy water will be given a movement which causes it to penetrate the fabric and to carry the fabric back and forth against the ribbed rubbing surfaces 6xx and 20 of the canister interior and rubbing post.

Attached to the center post by means of a collar device extending into and down the center of the center post is an eye dropper 8xx. Within the center post into which said eye dropper Sxx extends is a liquid soap solution. Thus, when the user of the hand washer desires to use said washer, the eye dropper is unscrewed and several drops of the liquid soap lifted from the hollow center post 8 by means of said eye dropper and put into the washer.

I have found that the cleansing action is even more eiective in a given time than with mechanical washing machines, and is very much more effective in a given length of time by the action of a housewife in washing hosiery, etc., than by use of a wash bowl. At the same time the life of delicate fabrics is lengthened and the effect of soap and other detergents on nail polish enamel and the skin of the hands is avoided.

It will be understood that various modiiications may be made in thev form and arrangements of the elements consisting of the embodiments illustrated in the drawings. For example, the rubbing post, shown as carried by the bottom wall of the canister, may be carried by the cover member and projected downwardly therefrom.-

The canister of the present invention may be used for other textile treating operations in the home, such as for example, the starching, dyeing or tinting of small articles of apparel. instead of using a detergent or soap solution, one may use a home-type commercial dyeing or equivalent treating solution, and excellent results are obtained with the added convenience of cleanliness in operation as compared with the use of a wash basin.

`Further the container, covered or uncovered is adapted to be used as a two-use container, for cosmetic items, such as face powder, bath salts, and the like. The packaged cosrnetic, could be marketed and the consumer would have, after the cosmetic were used and the container empty, a very convenient hand-washer in accordance with the invention. Also, in the care of nylon hose and silk undergarments, certain mild liquid or other special detergents are recommended by the manufacturer in order to gain maximum service of the garment. To ensure that the consumer will give the garments the recommended care, the manufacturer, jobber or retail store can package the detergent in the central post and package the stockings or other garments in an attractive way about said post which makes for great convenience to the consumer. Similarly, the manufacturers of special detergents, dyeing or treating compositions may use the hand-washer as a packaging feature for their product, utilizing an appropriate formulation of the textile treating agent in the central post and providing directions, if desired, on the exterior surface of the canister for the convenience of the manufacturer and the customer.

Still other uses will be apparent from the above and l which can favorably be employed following the principles of construction ofthe invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is as follows:

A hand-shaker washer appliance for small textile items comprising a canister having inclined internally projecting ribs affording rubbing surfaces, a liquid-tight cover for said canister, a water-tight hollow rub post within the canister axially thereof having an upper end portion for attachment to a dispensing dropper, said rubbing post being formed with a ribbed outer surface the ribs of which lie at an angle reversed to the angular arrangement of the canister ribs to provide rubbing surfaces for textile items being washed in liquid in said canister, and a dispensing dropper closing the hollow of said rub post adapted to dispense a liquid detergent from said hollow lato ihe washing'fliquid :in said canister, said dispensing References Cited in he le of this patent drqpper being provided with connecting means -for en- 4fdnoppen-in lthe hollow of said rub Apost during ,Washing of 5 @textile items in said canister. 

